Hundred Days' Reform

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The Hundred Days' Reform was a short-lived, late-19th-century Chinese political and educational reform movement that sought to rapidly modernize the Qing Empire along Western lines before being abruptly suppressed by conservative forces at court.

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instanceOf educational reform movement
historical event
political reform movement
aim modernize the Qing Empire
promote industrialization
reform the bureaucracy
reform the education system
strengthen China against foreign powers
alsoKnownAs Hundred Days' Reform
surface form: Reform Movement of 1898

Hundred Days' Reform
surface form: Wuxu Reform
cause defeat of China in the First Sino-Japanese War
perceived weakness of the Qing state
country China
Qing dynasty
surface form: Qing Empire
duration approximately 103 days
endTime 1898-09-21
field economy
education
military affairs
politics
followedBy Late Qing New Policies
historicalImpact contributed to the growth of Chinese nationalism
influenced the late Qing reform movement
stimulated later constitutional reform efforts
ideology constitutional monarchy
reformist Confucianism
inspiredBy Meiji Restoration
language Classical Chinese
legalForm series of imperial edicts
location Beijing
Qing dynasty
surface form: Qing Empire
opposedBy Empress Dowager Cixi
conservative Manchu officials
precededBy Self-Strengthening Movement
proposedChange abolish the traditional civil service examination system
create a modern legal system
encourage capitalist-style enterprises
establish modern schools and universities
streamline government administration
result coup led by Empress Dowager Cixi
execution of reformers including Tan Sitong
house arrest of the Guangxu Emperor
reversal of most reform edicts
significantFigure Guangxu Emperor
Kang Youwei
Liang Qichao
Kang Youwei
surface form: Tan Sitong
startTime 1898-06-11
timePeriod late 19th century

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Qing dynasty notableEvent Hundred Days' Reform
New Culture Movement precededBy Hundred Days' Reform
this entity surface form: Late Qing Reform movements
Self-Strengthening Movement followedBy Hundred Days' Reform
Liang Qichao movement Hundred Days' Reform
Liang Qichao participantIn Hundred Days' Reform
Empress Dowager Cixi notableEvent Hundred Days' Reform
Guangxu Emperor knownFor Hundred Days' Reform
Guangxu Emperor significantEvent Hundred Days' Reform
Hundred Days' Reform alsoKnownAs Hundred Days' Reform
this entity surface form: Wuxu Reform
Hundred Days' Reform alsoKnownAs Hundred Days' Reform
this entity surface form: Reform Movement of 1898
Xinhai Revolution precededBy Hundred Days' Reform
Qichao participantIn Hundred Days' Reform
subject surface form: Liang Qichao
Rengong participantIn Hundred Days' Reform
subject surface form: Liang Qichao
Kang Youwei movement Hundred Days' Reform
Kang Youwei influenced Hundred Days' Reform
this entity surface form: Chinese reform movement of 1898
Kang Youwei participantIn Hundred Days' Reform
Liang Rengong movement Hundred Days' Reform
subject surface form: Liang Qichao
Yehenara Xingzhen associatedWith Hundred Days' Reform
this entity surface form: Hundred Days' Reform (as an opponent)